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Newborn Baby Check Clinic Volunteers
Contact person
Gemma Mercer
#110344
Scan me or visit www.getinvolvednorfolk.org.uk/o/Norfolk--Norwich-University-Hospitals-NHS-Foundation-Trust/opportunities/Newborn-Baby-Check-Clinic-Volunteers/110344 to join
Summary
Volunteers in the NNUH Newborn Baby Check Clinic support staff in their dedicated clinic, held before parents and their newborn's are discharged from hospital.
Detailed description
The NNUH are looking for Volunteers to support the Trust in the Newborn Baby Check Clinic, and we are looking for volunteers who can assist in a busy environment and are resilient to the challenges of a hospital setting.
Newborn Baby Check Clinic
Volunteers in our Newborn Baby Check Clinic assist with the following to support our busy team of doctors and specialist nursing teams:
- Notifying parents/carers that checks are imminent and asking them to undress the baby when required
- Collecting notes for the doctor or nurse practitioner
- Escorting parents/carers and baby to the clinic room, pushing wheeled cot if parents/carers are unable to do so themselves
Clinics are held in the mornings (9am-1pm) and we currently have the following vacancies:
- Monday afternoon (x1)
- Tuesday (x1)
- Wednesday (x1)
- Thursday (x1)
- Friday (x1)
If you feel that you are suited to this role, please pop us a message expressing your interest. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications for volunteers under the age of 17.5 years old.
We welcome people who can support staff, patients and visitors with care, compassion, positivity and empathy.
As an NNUH volunteer, you can expect to be provided with full training and ongoing support in order to aid you in delivering a much valued and crucial service.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs
🤝 Extra support
About Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Volunteers are crucial to the NHS’s vision for the future of health and social care and there has never been a better time to become a volunteer in a health care setting.
The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital has invested greatly in its volunteer programme and is able to offer a variety of rewarding and impactful volunteering opportunities which benefit the volunteers, our patients, our families, and our hospital staff.
If you would like to contribute to your local community, learn new skills, meet new friends or discover career options while contributing to a great experience of care, we have a role for you!
There is a myriad of volunteer roles at NNUH, providing stimulating, challenging, and rewarding opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. Our volunteers provide a valuable non-clinical dimension to hospital life, contributing their skills to wards, clinics, way finding, administration, telephone wellbeing, fundraising, hydration & nutrition, Dementia, Driving and Settling in at home, to name but a few.